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12-17-2017, 11:32 PM
How the White House press conference became 2017's must-see TV
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On Saturday, January 21, 2017, the Trump administration began not with a gentle dose of diplomacy but with a red-faced tirade delivered by Press Secretary Sean Spicer, lambasting the media over reports of low attendance at the previous day's inauguration festivities.
At the time, Spicer's tantrum felt unprecedented, a press secretary shoved out to defend the embattled new president against charges that people didn't like him (never mind that he lost the popular vote).
SEE ALSO: Sean Spicer is writing a book about the Trump administration because of course he is (http://mashable.com/2017/12/12/sean-spicer-donald-trump-administration-white-house-book/)
It proved to be the rule, not the exception. The outburst revealed three key characteristics that would be a part of just about every interaction between the Trump administration and the press: 1. Denial of facts; 2. Anger at the mainstream media; 3. The presentation of an alternate reality.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/17/white-house-press-conference-must-see-tv/)
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On Saturday, January 21, 2017, the Trump administration began not with a gentle dose of diplomacy but with a red-faced tirade delivered by Press Secretary Sean Spicer, lambasting the media over reports of low attendance at the previous day's inauguration festivities.
At the time, Spicer's tantrum felt unprecedented, a press secretary shoved out to defend the embattled new president against charges that people didn't like him (never mind that he lost the popular vote).
SEE ALSO: Sean Spicer is writing a book about the Trump administration because of course he is (http://mashable.com/2017/12/12/sean-spicer-donald-trump-administration-white-house-book/)
It proved to be the rule, not the exception. The outburst revealed three key characteristics that would be a part of just about every interaction between the Trump administration and the press: 1. Denial of facts; 2. Anger at the mainstream media; 3. The presentation of an alternate reality.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/17/white-house-press-conference-must-see-tv/)
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